Films like Bad Kids Go to Hell.

Bad Kids Go to Hell (2012) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured comedy / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Tales of Halloween (2015) poster
1. Tales of Halloween2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006) poster
2. Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Forbidden Legend: Sex & Chopsticks 2 (2009) poster
3. The Forbidden Legend: Sex & Chopsticks 22009

Keeps the chilly detachment and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

They're Watching (2016) poster
4. They're Watching2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Nightmare Man (2006) poster
5. Nightmare Man2006

Keeps the chilly detachment and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006) poster
6. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

A Christmas Horror Story (2015) poster
7. A Christmas Horror Story2015

Keeps the chilly detachment and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Botched (2007) poster
8. Botched2007

Keeps the chilly detachment and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Sint (2010) poster
9. Sint2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Drive Thru (2007) poster
10. Drive Thru2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Redd Inc. (2012) poster
11. Redd Inc.2012

Keeps the chilly detachment and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Feast (2005) poster
12. Feast2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a airy, open telling.

These are Bad Kids Go to Hell’s neighbours — where are yours?

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